LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The bulbous body raised on three conical feet encircled by scrolling clouds, and cast in relief around the sides with six stylized shou characters, with a pair of arched chilong-form handles rising from the shoulder, the exterior with traces of gold splashes, the base cast with six-character Xuande mark
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) across

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Lot Essay

A very similar bronze censer, which does not appear to have been decorated with gold splashes, is illustrated by R. Mowry, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections, Saint Louis Art Museum, 2008, pp. 104-7, no. 19, where it is dated late 17th/early 18th century.

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